Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Warner Music Group is a global collective of music makers and innovators, seeking a Director of Accounting - Global Intercompany to lead their accounting operations. This role involves overseeing reconciliations, settlements, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations while managing a diverse team of accounting professionals.
Responsibilities
- Overseeing reconciliations, settlements, eliminations, and dispute resolution across all legal entities globally
- Responsible for general ledger accounting, including monthly close, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, Consolidations, and Asset accounting
- Work with team to complete submission to corporate and review of related schedules submitted to Corporate in conjunction with the monthly/quarterly financials
- Liaise with internal and external auditors, and ensure compliance with SOX requirements including drafting and updating process narratives, and maintenance of requirement documentation
- Responsible for reporting and analytics as needed
- Lead the end-to-end global intercompany accounting function, ensuring accurate and timely reconciliations and settlements across all legal entities
- Oversee the elimination of intercompany balances during the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation process
- Lead dispute resolution processes related to intercompany transactions between global affiliates
- Ensure effective financial internal controls and SOX compliance for all intercompany activities
- Lead and mentor a diverse global team of accounting professionals to ensure accurate financial reporting
- Provide oversight over the preparation of supporting schedules for quarterly filings
- Special projects as requested by business divisions and corporate
- Provide excellent customer service and develop/maintain strong relationships with different business unit finance organizations, including the respective CFO and VP of Finance
- Develop an environment of constant operational improvement that results in definable projects that are delivered timely and result in cost savings to the entire organization
- Facilitate and bridge gaps between the areas of Finance, Accounting, IT, Strategy and Operations
- Develop, recommend, and implement all strategy relating to Financial Shared Services functions
- Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget
- Interact with internal and external auditors to resolve potential issues and new transactions, act as primary point of contact for area of oversight
- Apply Blackline to automate and monitor closing tasks for area of oversight, and ensure compliance with leadership initiatives related to Blackline
- Ad hoc analysis and projects
Skills
- BA/BS in Accounting
- 8-10 years of progressive accounting or controllership experience with at least 3-5 years in a Global Business Services (GBS) leadership role (supporting executive leadership at the CFO or corporate level)
- 10K schedule support experience
- Fixed Asset accounting oversight experience
- Experience with Intercompany accounting, consolidations, and Foreign currency translations
- Large, multinational company experience
- Driver of 'change', and thinks creatively and strategically
- Strong understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
- Quantifiable examples of achievements and strong track record of success
- Experience in strong communication and strategy presentation
- Strong leader who can influence and lead initiatives within the company
- Ability to achieve results through influence over external and internal parties who are not direct reports
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Team player who can collaborate with all business units and departments within the company
- Ability to optimally prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is essential
- Solid project management skills, from initial idea through execution
- A 'Process First' mentality, understanding that the software only works if the underlying workflow is clean
- Demonstrated professional maturity with unquestioned personal and business integrity
- Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Master's of Accounting
- CPA a plus
- SAP S/4HANA
- HFM familiarity
- Blackline experience
Company Overview
Warner Music Group is a music company with the interests of recording and publishing music and artist services. It was founded in 1958, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.wmg.com.